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Green and sustainable itaconic acid-based vitrimers with rapid stress relaxation, superior fire safety, and recyclability via synergistic roles of multiple dynamic bonds
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04554A, PaperYuzhao Qi, Yinliang Zhang, Shiyu Ou, Guangwu Zhuo, Hongju Zeng, Yufei Lao, Junfeng Wang, Qingwen Wang, Chuigen Guo
Complementary functions and synergy between multiple dynamic covalent bonds to construct the itaconic acid-based epoxy vitrimers with functional customisation.
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Chalcogenide electrocatalysts for electrolytic seawater oxidation: design strategies for enhanced activity and selectivity
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03454J, Tutorial ReviewQing Li, Chenxi Liu, Zefeng Teng, Rui Zhang, Xu Liu, Jia Liu, Zhenyu Xiao, Jingqi Chi, Jianping Lai, Lei Wang
This review systematically summarizes recent advances in chalcogenide-based catalysts for OER in seawater, focusing on strategies for enhancing their activity and chloride inhibition capabilities.
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Coordination regulation of single-atom catalysts toward enhanced photocatalytic ammonia synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04101E, Tutorial ReviewRong Tang, Hu Guo, Wei Jiang, Jun Di
This review systematically summarizes recent advances in single-atom regulation for enhanced photocatalytic ammonia synthesis, focusing on structure–property relationships.
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Metal-free electrohalogenation of olefins with aqueous NaX mediators
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04102C, CommunicationZhe Zhang, Quanjin Rong, Shengkang Qian, Jianyou Zhao, Chengling Deng, Jiaoyang Liu, Fan Wang, Shuai Liu, Zhong-Quan Liu
We have developed a practical and diverse chlorination of alkenes via metal-free electrochemistry. By simply tuning the substitution pattern of the alkene, selective access to vicinal dichlorides, monochlorides, or allylic chlorides can be achieved.
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Expanding and recycling a water-resistant bioderived rigid foam using CO2-responsive amines and carbonated water
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06165A, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Daniel Barker, Michael F. Cunningham, Guojun Liu, Philip G. JessopBy combining renewable resources with CO2-responsive functionalities, a sustainable foam packaging material was developed. This bioderived foam can be recycled by dissolving it into carbonated water and expanding it into a new foam product.
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From lignin to market: a technical and economic perspective of reductive depolymerization approaches
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02316E, Critical Review
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Brent Daelemans, Balaji Sridharan, Paul Jusner, Agneev Mukherjee, Jiazhao Chen, Jacob K. Kenny, Miet Van Dael, Karolien Vanbroekhoven, Peter J. Deuss, Michael L. Stone, Elias FeghaliThe industrial potential of pilot-scale reductive depolymerization approaches is critically assessed from a technical, techno-economic, and application point of view.
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All-climate all-solid-state batteries enabled by high-entropy amorphous oxyhalide solid electrolytes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03551A, PaperShufeng Song, Wei Xue, Yumei Wang, Zhongting Wang, Yanming Cui, Zhixu Long, Hongyang Shan, Ning Hu, Jingfeng Wang, Fusheng Pan
A high-entropy mixed-ion strategy overcomes ASSBs’ temperature limits. The engineered high-entropy amorphous oxyhalide achieves high ionic conductivity (7.1 mS cm−1) and enhanced electrochemical stability, enabling all-climate ASSBs.
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Synergistic recycling of polycarbonate: efficient BPA recovery integrated with CO2 utilization to produce valuable chemicals
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02387D, PaperYue Bai, Minghao Zhang, Siming Zhu, Zhuo Wang, Yu Liu, Jianxiu Hao, Huacong Zhou, Qingqing Mei
This work introduces a synergistic strategy that simultaneously converts PC and its hydrolysis by-product CO2 into high-value products (BPA and PDO), achieving full carbon utilization with no CO2 emissions.
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Photocatalytic transformation of aliphatic heterocycles and electron-poor alkenes into functionalized heteroarenes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04418A, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Lorenzo Di Terlizzi, Davide Ravelli, Burkhard KönigThe merger of decatungstate photocatalysis and cobaloxime catalysis enabled the preparation of functionalized heteroarenes via a hydroalkylation/aromatization sequence starting from largely available aliphatic heterocycles and electron-poor olefins.
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Scalable glycolysis-based depolymerization of polyurethane foam waste enabled by ionic liquids
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03643G, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Francisco Velasco, Rocio Villa, Nicolas Alonso, Rebeca Salas, Jairton Dupont, Eduardo Garcia-Verdugo, Pedro LozanoA sustainable and scalable strategy for the glycolytic depolymerization of polyurethane foam (PUF) waste, based on the ionic liquid technology under mild conditions, provides a suitable starting material for re-synthesis of new flexible PUF.
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Interface engineering via in situ constructed zincophilic gradient interphases for high-performance zinc-ion batteries in wide temperature ranges
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03908H, PaperYi-Yang Bi, Song-Lin Tian, Yang Yu, Yu Zhang, Lian-Shan Sun, Jian Li, Wan-Qiang Liu, Kai Li, Gang Huang
With the steadily rising demand for energy storage devices, there is an increasing need for high-performance batteries.
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Catalytic vapour phase hydrodehalogenation of 1,8-dichlorooctane over Pd@MIL-101(Cr)-NH2: a step forward in MOF-based technologies
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04671H, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Raúl M. Guerrero, Ignacio D. Lemir, Carlos Fernández-Ruiz, Sergio Carrasco, Patricia Horcajada, David P. Serrano, Yolanda Pérez, Patricia PizarroCatalytic hydrodehalogenation (HDH) represents a promising strategy to remove halogens (Cl and Br) in pyrolysis oils derived from halogenated plastic waste.
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Efficient separation of polyester/cotton blends using a deep eutectic solvent–NaOH hybrid system for textile recycling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04525H, PaperLele Zhang, Tengfei Wang, Yong Wang, Dongdong Ye, Zongqian Wang
We developed an innovative and green deep eutectic solvent (DES)–NaOH hybrid system for the highly efficient separation of polyester/cotton blends, providing a sustainable solution for textile recycling.
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An unconventional photochemical amide synthesis from excited-state nitroarenes
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03649F, PaperZengping Wang, Xiaofang Zhai, Pengtao Bai, Li Fang, Shaojun Zheng, Jiajia Zhao, Fu Yang, Chen Xu, Heng Song
Based on the bifunctional nature of photoexcited nitroarenes, a novel photochemical approach for amide synthesis was developed.
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Interfacial engineering-triggered electronic regulation of Re and CoP hollow multi-shelled structure toward high-activity electrochemical water splitting
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03290C, PaperGuangyao Zhou, Mingxin Pang, Jing Li, Bin He, Zhijuan Li, Yawen Tang
Cooperation between interfacial engineering and a hollow multi-shelled structure boosts the water electrolysis performance of Re/CoP.
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The position-tuned nitrogen atom in Ni(II)-metalated covalent organic frameworks enables highly efficient and sustainable C–N coupling
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03438H, PaperRui Zhang, Jinyang Hai, Huiying Chen, Mingxiang Zhu, Fang Zhang
Ni@Bpma-COF with highly efficient electron transfer (via regulating the electron transport distance and electron acceptance ability of the metal center) enables efficient and green Buchwald-Hartwig amination reactions.
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Utilisation of Analytical Method Greenness Score to drive sustainable chromatographic method development
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC01574J, PaperFrancis Power, Paul Ferguson, Abigail Herbert, Sara Ryan, Matthew Osborne, Louie Trezise
Sustainability considerations are gaining prominence within the pharmaceutical industry, driven primarily by increased awareness of environmental impacts associated with pharmaceutical development and manufacturing.
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Porous core–shell CuAu@Cu2O catalyst for acidic C–N coupling toward urea electrosynthesis from CO2 and nitrate
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04150C, PaperXiang Ji, Yaodong Yu, Yujia Guan, Jianping Lai, Lei Wang
The porous core-shell CuAu@Cu2O catalyst promotes C–N bond formation and suppresses the hydrogen evolution side reaction under acidic conditions, enabling efficient electrocatalytic urea synthesis from CO2 and nitrate.
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A visible-light-mediated decarboxylative umpolung strategy to access carbamoyl/acyl fluorides in a buffer medium: expedient access to unsymmetrical ureas/amides and lysine-selective bioconjugation
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC04556H, PaperSubhodeep Das, Supriyo Das, Sk Abdur Rahaman, Sourav Mandal, Ranjan Jana
A visible light mediated green process for the synthesis of carbamoyl/acyl fluorides followed by urea/amide formation for the modification of drugs and lysine-selective bioconjugation are demonstrated in a physiological buffer medium.
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Comparative reactor, process, techno-economic, and life cycle emissions assessment of ethylene production via electrified and thermal steam cracking
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02960K, PaperAlexandre Cattry, Chaitanya Vuppanapalli, Dharik S. Mallapragada
Model-based evaluation of reactor and process-level performance for electrified ethane steam cracking compared to conventional thermal cracking with and without CO2 capture.
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